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CONTINENTAL REINSURANCE JOURNALISM AWARDS

Application Deadline: February 15th, 2024.

LOCATION: Nigeria

The original and longest running award scheme of its kind, the 9th edition of the pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards is inviting entries from across the continent to be submitted in English, French or Arabic between November 14th, 2023 and February 15th, 2024. The awards are an extension of Continental Reinsurance’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence in the industry. They pay tribute to an industry that has in countless cases helped individuals and businesses to recover from injury and loss.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entrants must be journalists based in any African country

Categories of Entry:

Best Re/Insurance Print Article- English

Best Re/Insurance Online Article- English

Best Re/Insurance Broadcast Article- English

Best Re/Insurance French Entry- Print, Broadcast or Online

Best Re/Insurance Arabic Entry- Print, Broadcast or Online

Only one entry can be entered for each category

Submission can be either a published article – print, online or broadcast (radio/television clip) in English, French or Arabic.

Include your name, media organisation, the publishing/broadcasting date, a brief profile together with details on your experience (50 – 100) and a photo.

The review period of the entries is 12 months leading up to the submission deadline date.

BENEFIT:

Award recipients are recognised at the Awards Ceremony to be held alongside an industry event and will receive a complimentary invitation to the event (health and government restrictions permitting). The cost of travel and hotel accommodation will be borne by Continental Re.

The names and photos of the award recipients and the awards that they have won will be published in Continental Re’s literature and online channels to celebrate the achievements of the award winners.

Recipients may use their award titles for their own professional development.

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10TH INSTANBUL PHOTO AWARDS

Application Deadline:  January 17, 2024, at 23:59 UTC+3.

LOCATION: Turkey

Applications are open for the 10th Instabul Photo Awards for professional and freelance photographers to participate in the photo contest. There will be prizes to be won.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are free and open between 17 Nov. 2023 – 17 Jan. 2024 at 23:59 (UTC+3).  

Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2023 (between 1 Jan. 2023- 31 Dec. 2023).

Photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc..

All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city and country. The info and category of the photographs can be updated until the deadline.

Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.

No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer’s name or company should not be mentioned at the captions.

Digital manipulation and any kind of Photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic colour corrections are allowed. It is not allowed to add signatures on the photo or in the caption.

Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.

Photographs must not violate any third-party rights.

Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos. 

Photographers can apply 4 different photos in Single categories and 2 different stories in Story categories.

The same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories. Story category applications should include 10 photos.

Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only and Istanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proofs of the source of the photo or publications on newspapers, magazines or web sites.

BENEFIT:

CATEGORIES                                  FIRST            SECOND            THIRD

SINGLE NEWS*6,000 USD1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY NEWS3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE SPORTS3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY SPORTS3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE NATURE & ENVIRONMENT3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY NATURE & ENVIRONMENT3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE PORTRAIT3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY PORTRAIT3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
SINGLE DAILY LIFE3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD
STORY DAILY LIFE3,000 USD 1,500 USD1,000 USD

The jury will select two photographers’ works from all series categories submissions to be awarded with a special tenth anniversary prize of 1,000 USD.

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